New York

photo: Mary Menapace

Freedom from Fracking waste rally, city hall, Auburn, NY, literally down the street from the home of Harriet Tubman. Closing remarks by Mary Menapace of Cayuga Anti-Fracking Alliance: "In six months, on March 10, 2013, we will celebrate the life of and acknowledge the century anniversary of the death of, Harriet Tubman. She lived here in Auburn, down this very road, South Street.

"Harriet lived in a time when society accepted and legitimized into law a basic injustice..that a human being was a commodity to be bought, sold and exploited. Harriet lived her life in defiance of that untruth, that injustice. And she lived to see slavery outlawed, a crime against humankind.

"Today, one hundred years later, we live in a society where it is accepted and legitimized that the gifts of the very earth, the air we breathe and the waters that sustain us are commodities to be bought, sold and exploited. We gather here today in defiance of this untruth. We will live in defiance of this injustice. And we will bring about the day when fracking is outlawed as a crime against nature.

"In solidarity with our friends across the nation, On Freedom from Fracking waste Rally Day. September 12, 2012"

Ohio

photo: Heather Vahila

photo: Heather Vahila

photo: Heather Vahila

"On September 12, 2012 between 11-2 we stood on the corner of 43 and 183 in Waynesburg, OH, to help raise awareness of fracking disposal in Ohio. We got lots of thumbs up and a few people stopped to ask questions." More pics <HERE> from Frackfree Lake Mohawk

Illinois

photo: Amanda Gray

"To join in and take an action simply print this flyer and post anywhere you deem appropriate. There is an Illinois Flyer (for all of us here in Chicago and beyond) and a General Flyer for the rest of you. **DAY OF ACTION WAS THE 12th, BUT GO AHEAD AND POST THIS ANYTIME WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK!

DOWNLOAD, and put flyer somewhere - this is your action to voice concern, and encourage others to educate themselves about FRACKING.

(please use scissors to make cuts in between the tear off web addresses at bottom of flyer)"

Ohio

photo: Frackfree America National Coalition

photo: Frackfree America National Coalition

The Youngstown, OH, forum, march and rally culminated in demand delivered to city hall, and included speakers Staughton Lynd, historian, author, lawyer and activist, and, Doug Shields, the former Pittsburgh City Councilman who led the charge to ban nat. gas drilling in that city. MORE HERE